Vijayabaskar said he would take up the case of the Anti-Corruption Department legally. In coimbatore, a search of the home of former health minister Vijayabaskar's father-in-law Sundaram ended at 9.40 pm. Authorities seized a large number of documents during the 15-hour search.

Anti-corruption police began a search of Vijayabaskar's father-in-law Sundaram's house on Nanjundapuram Road in Ramanathapuram, coimbatore at 6:30 am yesterday. The test lasted more than 15 hours.

The task of measuring the gold jewellery was carried out in the presence of the Revenue officials with the jewellery appraiser of the jewellery in Sundaram's house. The terrace of the house and all the places including Sundaram's Benz car were inspected.

A team of eight including two inspectors led by coimbatore Corruption Eradication Department ADSP divya was involved in the raid. The test started at 6.30 am and ended at 9.40 pm.

During the search, which lasted for more than 15 hours, police seized various documents from Sundaram's house. Similarly, a bribery probe was conducted at a private company in which Sundaram is a partner in the Peelamedu area of Coimbatore. From here, important documents were confiscated by the Anti-Corruption police and taken away.

C. Vijayabaskar, who was the health Minister during the last AIADMK regime, was accused of adding too much wealth to his income. An investigation by the Anti-Corruption Department found that Vijayabaskar had amassed assets worth over Rs 27 crore in excess of his income. A case has been registered against Vijayabaskar and his wife Ramya in this regard.

On that basis, the bribery unit carried out raids on places owned by Vijayabaskar, his father, father-in-law, brother and sister. Simultaneous testing was conducted at 48 places in 6 districts including Pudukkottai, Trichy and Chennai. In chennai, two houses belonging to Vijayabaskar were raided at two places, Kilpauk and Chettupattu.

The flats in turn were previously parked by police for security. The test was conducted at 14 educational institutions run by the mother teresa Foundation run by Vijayabaskar's brother. A search of Vijayabaskar's brother Udayakumar's house in Puthur, Edamalapatti, Trichy turned up a kilo of gold and important documents.

The search of Vijayabaskar's home in Iluppur, Pudukottai district, his hometown, ended at 7 pm. According to the bribery officials, 4 kg 800 grams of gold, 3 kg 780 grams of silver, 23 lakh 82 thousand rupees in cash and several crores of rupees worth of property documents were found there.

Meanwhile, Vijayabaskar told reporters after the anti-corruption raid on his home in chennai that he had fully co-operated with the raid. He said no money or property documents had been confiscated from his home in chennai and that he was facing legal action from the Anti-Corruption Department.